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The Emotional Toll of China’s Housing Market Slide ⬇️ | Following the Yuan

As housing prices go down, many feel that their sacrifices and compromises made for work and mortgage during the high-growth era have been in vain.

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Rongrong Zhuge and Yaling Jiang
Nov 10, 2025
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The burst of the housing bubble is a common culprit behind underwhelming consumer sentiment, but what does that mean in practice?

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